Kariba

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

LakeKariba A lake of south-central Africa on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. It is formed by the Kariba Dam (completed 1958) on the Zambezi River, which supplies electricity to the copper mining region of north-central Zambia and to parts of Zimbabwe. The creation of the lake forced the relocation of about 50,000 people.

We've all heard about the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, but how many of us know the dramatic story behind Lake Kariba, Africa's largest man-made reservoir, or the "real" location of the El Dorado myth?